貴重なお時間の数分をさいていただけますか。

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English Translation

Can you spare me a few minutes of your valuable time?

Furigana

貴重(きちょう)なお時間(じかん)の数(すう)分(ふん)をさいていただけますか。

Romanji

Kichōna o jikan no sū fun o saite itadakemasu ka.

Words

貴重 (きちょう)

precious; valuable

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

避く (さく)

to avoid

頂ける (いただける)

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way